Nicklas Kulti (born 22 April 1971) is a former professional

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from Sweden. He was born in

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Tennis career

Juniors

Kulti was ranked No. 1 in the junior world singles rankings in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and

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junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.

Pro tour

In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at

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. He won a total of three tour singles titles during his professional career. He also won 13 top-level doubles titles, including the

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in 1994 (partnering

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) and the

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in 2000 (partnering

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). Kulti was a men's doubles runner-up at the French Open in 1995 (with Larsson) and the US Open in 1997 (with

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). Kulti's best singles performance at a

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event came at the 1992 French Open, where he reached the quarter-finals by defeating

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, Markus Zillner,

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and Diego Pérez before being knocked-out by

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. Kulti was a member of the Swedish teams which won the Davis Cup in both 1997 and 1998 (partnering Björkman to win doubles rubbers in the final on both occasions). He was also on the team which finished runners-up in the Davis Cup in 1996. In the fifth and deciding match against Frenchman

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, Kulti was a late replacement for the injured Stefan Edberg. In a 4-hour and 46-minute thriller, Boetsch saved three matchpoints and finally overcame Kulti, 7–6, 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 10–8. Kulti's career-high rankings were World No. 32 in singles (in 1993), and World No. 11 in doubles (in 1997). His career prize-money totalled $3,186,946. He retired from the professional tour in 2000. He runs the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with

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and

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ATP career finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

External links

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www.goodtogreatworld.com
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